American Jewish Committee. Foreign Affairs Dept (FAD-1).

Identifier

USA / YIVO / RG 347.7.1

Language of Description

English

Alt. Identifiers

RG 347.7.1

Dates

1 Jan 1963 - 31 Dec 1970

Level of Description

Fonds

Source

EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

34 l.m.

Creator(s)

American Jewish Committee

Scope and Content

This fonds contains five relevant files with regards to AJC activities in Belgium. The folder list contains the following (brief) descriptions: “Belgium. AJC correspondents (reports)”, “Belgium. Jewish Agencies”, “Belgium. Jewish community”, “Belgium. Refugees (Mermelstein orphans)” and “Belgium. Visits”.

Finding Aids

There are several paper finding aids (folder lists), in English.

Process Info

The EHRI project, in cooperation with the National Archives of Belgium, selected Holocaust-relevant archival descriptions from the finding aid G. DESMET & P. FALEK-ALHADEFF, P.-A. TALLIER (dir.), Bronnen voor de geschiedenis van de Joden en het Jodendom in België (19de-20ste eeuw) - Sources pour l'histoire des populations juives et du judaïsme en Belgique (19e-20e siècles), Brussel, Algemeen Rijksarchief, 2015. Please note that this guide focuses on Belgium-related archival materials in the respective descriptions.
Gertjan Desmet
This archival description was created in the framework of the cooperation between EHRI and the Yerusha project.

Subjects

refugees
charity
children
reconstruction

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